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Psalms 22:31

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

KJV

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

ASV

זֶ֥רַע יַֽעַבְדֶ֑/נּוּ יְסֻפַּ֖ר לַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י לַ/דּֽוֹר

Hebrew

They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

YLT

They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 226×
י
y
noun · 440×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
ם
m
verb · 287×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? This Psalm is preeminently the Psalm of the Cross. Christ himself uttered these words upon the cross. The details of piercing the hands and feet, casting lots for the garments, the mockery of the bystanders — all were literally fulfilled in the passion of Christ. Yet the Psalm ends in triumph, with the declaration that all the ends of …

Cross-references

  • Isa 12:4 — And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
  • Isa 44:3 — For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
  • Ps 40:9 — I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
  • Ps 44:1 — We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
  • Ps 71:18 — Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
  • Ps 78:6 — That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
  • Ps 78:6 — That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
  • Ps 86:9 — All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
  • Ps 98:2 — The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
  • Ps 102:18 — This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
  • Ps 145:4 — One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
  • Ps 145:6 — And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
  • Rom 1:17 — For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
  • Rom 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;